2004/10/01 by Judit Schneider, Vicente Fernandez, Vicente I. Fernandez +2 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing #Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes #Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research #nlin.CD #physics.ao-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.04.001
published as Journal of Marine Systems 57, 111-126 (2005). · 21 pages using the elsart style. Higher resolution figures available from http://www.imedea.uib.es/physdept/publications/showpaper_en.php?indice=1194
arxiv created 2004/10/01 · openalex publication_date 2005/06/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We use Lagrangian diagnostics (the leaking and the exchange methods) to characterize surface transport out of and between selected regions in the Western Mediterranean. Velocity fields are obtained from a numerical model. Residence times of water of Atlantic origin in the Algerian basin, with a strong seasonal dependence, are calculated. Exchange rates between these waters and the ones occupying the northern basin are also evaluated. At surface, northward transport is dominant, and involves filamental features and eddy structures that can be identified with the Algerian eddies. The impact on these results of the presence of small scale turbulent motions is evaluated by adding Lagrangian diffusion.